Responsible Growth Arkansas

Arkansans will have their chance to weigh in on recreational cannabis yet again under a new legalization push from a GOP lawmaker. On Wednesday, state senator Joshua Bryant (R) filed a measure seeking to place a constitutional amendment on the 2024 general election ballot to legalize adult use of...

Voters in Arkansas defeated a ballot measure that would have made the state the first in the Deep South to legalize recreational marijuana, according to The Associated Press.  The measure failed to receive sufficient votes surprising many as a recent poll showed a comfortable...

Arkansas is one of five states where voters will decide on recreational marijuana next week. While overwhelming support for cannabis is evident nationwide, the sentiment seems to be changing among Arkansans. The support was substantial initially. However, powerful opposition from the state's...

Arkansas' former Gov. Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher, laid out the negative aspects of cannabis via a series of videos posted on the Family Council Action Committee website. Huckabee said that legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state will help drug cartels and make...

A group of conservatives from Little Rock has started a new campaign to gather voters to oppose the measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Arkansas. Jerry Cox, Family Council Action Committee's executive director, said on Tuesday that Arkansas "does not need another drug problem....

In Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he will vote no on a ballot measure to legalize recreational cannabis in November, reported Little Rock TV station KATV. "The science is clear," Hutchinson tweeted. "Recreational marijuana leads to increased drug use among minors and more...

A new TV ad in Arkansas that promotes recreational marijuana legalization says that votes will be destined to supporting the Arkansas Police. An initiative to legalize marijuana will appear on Arkansas' November ballot. The initiative includes provisions to use revenue from...

The Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered the secretary of state’s office to certify a marijuana legalization initiative for the November ballot although it appears the votes might not be counted. That particular democratic procedure will depend on the final outcome...

Responsible Growth Arkansas, the group behind the ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis, has filed an appeal with the Arkansas Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners that bans a proposed amendment to reach the November ballot....

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is encouraging law enforcement to “stand firm” against marijuana legalization, after the proposed measure to legalize adult-use cannabis was blocked from appearing on the state’s ballot in November.  "And the reason I...

Arkansas State Officials announced that a proposed ballot measure to legalize recreational cannabis received enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, reported High Times. Eddie Armstrong, former Arkansas Democratic House minority leader and head of the activists' group...

Melissa Fults, a board member of Arkansas NORML and a medical marijuana patient advocate withdrew her adult-use cannabis amendment petition preferring to wait until the 2024 elections, giving her time to focus on other recreational proposals she disagrees with,...